The Federal Government has at least three options available for dealing with the 85 asylum seekers, including sending them to Christmas Island or to Nauru. The co-ordinator of the Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre, David Mann speaks about what avenues are open to the asylum seekers.

The traditional owners from McArthur River on the Gulf of Carpentaria have launched a Federal Court challenge to the former federal environment minister's approval of expansion plans for the local zinc mine.

CSIRO images taken of the Great Barrier Reef after heavy rain in north Queensland earlier this month have defied the common scientific belief that sediment plumes from rivers never reach the outer reef.

The United Nations nuclear watchdog says Iran had failed to meet a February 21 deadline to suspend enrichment of uranium, exposing Tehran to possible new sanctions over concerns it seeks to produce an atomic bomb.

Australian Geoff Ogilvy stayed on track for a successful title defence at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson, Arizona this morning, beating Spaniard Jose Maria Olazabal 2&1 in the second round.